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Description: | This is one of two song that refers to an incident on 13th October, 1891 when Mr John Dent of Grains o' Beck set out for Cronkley, accompanied by his younger brother, Joseph and his cousin Joseph Bowman Dent, in order to gather their sheep for dipping. During the gathering a storm arose and during the journey home, one of the shepherds sadly died. The song was written by William Collinson on 1st December, 1891.This song is taken from a book entitled 'Those boys of Bondgate ... [etc.]'.'Those boys o' Bondgate' is in fact the title of one of several lectures on the history of the Darlington area and the Tees Valley to the west, that make up this collection. The addresses were given by Charles Percy Nicholson to the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club in the early 20th century and were republished in this collection at the request of Nicholson's son. One of these addresses is entitled 'Teesdale; in ballad and song', and includes a number of songs and poems from the area. Most of the offerings are not written in dialect, but nevertheless do reflect many aspects of life in rural Teesside during the nineteenth century, and form one of only a small number of surviving song collections from this area. ; Songs and poems taken from a lecture given to the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club, by Charles Percy Nicholson. | Publisher: | T. Buncle and Co. Market Place ; Arbroath ; Teeside | Rights holder: | rights holder : Newcastle University | Subjects: | mishaps and disasters & country life Accidents death & accidents & tragedies & shepherds | Temporal: | start=1841;end=1860; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:N3116702 | Go to resource |
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